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Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

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R5m in school fees up for grabs in KFC promotion

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On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

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Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brands

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Nadia Kokni appointed as Puma’s new global marketing VP

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Historic advertiser interest as NBCUniversal sells out Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics slots

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WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing (Image source: © National Geographic Kids

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing

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Shoprite expands payment options with PayJustNow

Shoprite expands payment options with PayJustNow

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Adoption of latest Nice Classification: What this means for SA trade marks

Marcelle Samons and Alicia van der Walt 3 days

Adheesh Ori, senior director within Accenture Song, South Africa says the South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset of the customer behind the purchase (Image source: © 123rf )

Meeting the South African modern car buyers where the customer experience matches the expectation

Adheesh Ori 3 days

Arielle Horwitz is the engineering manager at Halo Dot. Source: Supplied.

Why the future of retail calls for a checkout revolution

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From sun safety to sex appeal: what sunscreen ads reveal about beauty ideals and power

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Thomas Ingenlath returns to Volvo Cars as chief design officer

Thomas Ingenlath returns to Volvo Cars as chief design officer

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An employee inspects bottles of beer on a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo/File Photo

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 2 days

The brands that win in 2026 will be the ones who view this seasonal moment not as a post-holiday filler, but as the launchpad for behaviour-driven (Image source: © 123rf )

January is an opportunity for brands: 11 social media marketing ideas

Keith Kakadia 7 Jan 2026

As social media giant Meta continues to pivot aggressively toward artificial intelligence, its acquisition of Manus represents an ambition to redefine how AI interacts with everyday users and enterprises around the world (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta’s Manus acquisition: A strategic play for advanced AI agents

7 Jan 2026

Supporters of Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, attend his campaign caravan ahead of the general elections in Kampala, Uganda December 15, 2025. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Censorship concerns rise as Uganda blocks live coverage of election protests

Reuters 6 Jan 2026

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On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

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WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing (Image source: © National Geographic Kids

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing

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Thomas Ingenlath returns to Volvo Cars as chief design officer

Thomas Ingenlath returns to Volvo Cars as chief design officer

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Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers find products beyond its marketplace, but retailers argue the experiment exposes a deeper tension over data ownership, consent and who really controls the future of online shopping (Image source: © 123rf )

Online retailers push back against Amazon's Shop Direct

7 Jan 2026

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